Monroe College School of Business MG112 Winter‚ 2013 Acme Corporation Tautvydas Kieras Professor Borak 1. What are the potential ethical issues faced by acme corporation? The biggest ethical issue is that ACME is taking care of one of their biggest client needs to go to the adult entertainment club. If media finds out about Acme Corp is paying for clients to go to places like this‚ they are going to think that Acme Corp is bribing their clients to stay with them. 2. What should
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THE ZALE CORPORATION Zale Corporation is a leading specialty retailer of diamonds and other jewelry products in North America. The Company has significant brand name recognition as a result of each of its brands’ long-standing presence in the industry‚ having 2.349 stores in the United States‚ Puerto Rico and Canada. The Company´s vision “provide customers with quality merchandise at the lowest possible price” has remain the same since its first store opening in 1920´s. The Mission of Zale Corporation
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Case Questions: 1. Option #3 suggests Stryker Corporation to build its own facility to manufacture its own PBCs. Under the current situation that some contract manufacturers have weak performance in quality and delivery‚ the benefits of this option are obvious as following: First of all‚ option #3 promised the highest degree of control over quality and delivery‚ which can solve the major problem that Stryker has faced with recently. On the other hand‚ self-manufacturing offers an opportunity
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American Connector Corporation (ACC) CASE OVERVIEW American Connector Corporation (ACC) is one of the 28 suppliers of electrical connectors‚ worldwide with sales greater than $100 million. ACC manufactured Electrical Connectors from Sunnyvale‚ California since 1961. Electrical connectors are devices made to attach wires to other wires‚ attach wires to outlets‚ attach wires‚ components or chips to PC boards‚ or to attach PC boards to other boards. Connectors were used in a variety of product
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New Hire Orientation: A Case Study Lisa Layne Essentials of College Writing COMM/215 Oleah Morris January 28‚ 2013 New Hire Orientation: A Case Study Companies big and small develop programs that deal with recruitment and training of new hires. “A vital component of a firm’s human resource management is in its new hire orientation program” (Dunn & Jasinski‚ 2009‚ p. 115). The process must be organized and comprehensive. Providing a structured‚ and well thought out orientation‚ will
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) 1. How does Marriott use its estimate of cost of capital? Does this make sense? Marriot use cost of capital as the hurdle rate (minimum rate of return required to accept the project) to discount future cash flows for the investment projects of the three lines of business (Lodging‚ Contract Services and Restaurants). They use this rate to calculate NPV and net present value over cost to decide for the profit rate. Since cost of the project
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HRM Issues/Diversification Strategies Jamaine Williams Instructor Dr. Hogan Bus599 February 29‚ 2012 Abstract In this paper‚ I will present an analysis of Nucor Corporation. The paper will discuss the trends in the steel industry and how it may impact Nucor’s strategy‚ Discuss the organizational structure and management philosophy at Nucor‚ Identify three (3) HRM issues related to strategy implementation and recommend actions to address these issues‚ Based on the situation‚ recommend
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Executive Summary Statement of the Problem National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) is the primary provider of passenger-rail service in the United States. Amtrak has never been profitable in its 30 year history and will lose federal subsidies for operational expenses by 2002 because of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act (ARAA). Amtrak is planning to launch the Acela line in the Northeast Corridor of the US to become self-sufficient‚ which will not only offer faster trip times‚ premium
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SIA CORPORATION 1. What are some of the social‚ political‚ and economic forces that are influencing SIA’s decision to become a learning organization? When SIA Corporation decides to become a learning organization that SIA manager thinks about developing five discipline: system thinking‚ shared vision‚ challenging mental models‚ team learning‚ and personal mastery in which everyone is engaged in identifying and solving problems‚ enabling the organization to continuously experiment‚ improve‚ and
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Debt Equity Debt/Equity Ratio Return on Equity 15‚000‚000 2‚250‚000 0 2‚250‚000 1‚350‚000 1‚000‚000 1.35 0 15‚000‚000 0.00% 9.00% Worst Case 10% 16‚500‚000 2‚475‚000 500‚000 1‚975‚000 1‚185‚000 1‚000‚000 1.185 5‚000‚000 15‚000‚000 33.33% 7.90% Expected Case 30% 19‚500‚000 2‚925‚000 500‚000 2‚425‚000 1‚455‚000 1‚000‚000 1.455 5‚000‚000 15‚000‚000 33.33% 9.70% Best Case 50% 22‚500‚000 3‚375‚000 500‚000 2‚875‚000 1‚725‚000 1‚000‚000 1.725 5‚000‚000 15‚000‚000 33.33% 11.50% 1. For sure‚ the company can
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